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Los Angeles County<br />
Metropolitan Transportation Authority<br />
Measure R:<br />
Getting to “Yes”<br />
Jody <strong>Litvak</strong><br />
Community Relations Manager<br />
October 17, 2012
Measure R is the Story of . . .<br />
• Key actors<br />
• New environment<br />
• Historic coalitions<br />
• Timing<br />
• Flexibility<br />
• Calculated risk-taking
Los Angeles County<br />
• More than 4,000 square miles<br />
• More than 10 million people<br />
• 88 independent cities<br />
• Complex travel patterns<br />
– Many activity centers<br />
– Multi-directional travel<br />
– Long “peak” travel periods<br />
• Infamous congestion & air<br />
quality
LA County Transportation “Actors”<br />
• Metro: Same geographic boundaries<br />
as LA County. Responsibilities:<br />
– Regional transportation planning &<br />
programming<br />
– Rail builder<br />
– Regional bus & rail operator<br />
• Caltrans: State highways<br />
• Cities: Streets & roads<br />
• Municipal transit operators<br />
• Metrolink<br />
• Ports and airports
Local Transportation Funding History<br />
• 3 failed ballot initiatives<br />
– 1968, 1974 & 1976<br />
– Support in mid-high 40% range<br />
• 1980: Proposition A: 1 st ½ cent sales tax<br />
• 1990: Proposition C: 2 nd ½ cent sales tax
1990’s: The “Dark” Days<br />
• Post Cold-War<br />
recession<br />
• 1993: SCRTD-LACTC<br />
Merger<br />
• 1995: Hollywood<br />
sinkhole<br />
• 1996: Consent Decree<br />
• Bus vs. Rail debate<br />
• Board & contractor<br />
scandals
A New Century: Things Begin to Improve<br />
• Economy: Tech & real estate boom<br />
• Project successes:<br />
– Launch of Metro Rapid Service (2000)<br />
– And all of the following on time, on budget<br />
with no construction problems:<br />
• 2000: Red Line to North Hollywood (HRT<br />
subway)<br />
• 2003: Gold Line to Pasadena (LRT with 1.8<br />
mile subway)<br />
• 2005: Orange Line (dedicated busway)<br />
• Bus service improves: APTA Agency of<br />
the Year (2006)
Middle of the Decade<br />
• 2005: Antonio Villaraigosa<br />
becomes Mayor<br />
– Charismatic<br />
– Campaigned on “Subway to<br />
the Sea”<br />
• Worsening congestion<br />
palpable<br />
• Projected population growth<br />
• Can’t build our way out State takes transportation<br />
funds to address their budget challenges<br />
• Begin development of new Long Range<br />
Transportation Plan (LRTP)
2006-07: Updating the LRTP<br />
• Must be based on realistic financial forecasts<br />
• Priorities<br />
1 st : Maintain existing programs & services<br />
2 nd : Fulfill commitments from prior plan<br />
3 rd : New projects with any uncommitted funds<br />
• Escalating project/construction costs<br />
• Available “new” money<br />
dwindled to zero<br />
• Difficult for Metro Board to<br />
accept
2008: Changed Landscape - Transit<br />
1980 2008
2008: Changed Landscape - Highways<br />
1980 2008
2008: Opportunities & Challenges<br />
• Transformed view of transit & agency<br />
– Expanded the highway carpool network (500+ miles)<br />
– Built nearly 80 miles of rail & 70 stations<br />
– Opened 40 miles of dedicated BRT<br />
– Returned $5 billion to cities<br />
– Helped fund & start Metrolink<br />
• Interest in finding a new way to address unmet need<br />
• Need to form new coalitions<br />
• Presidential election year
Best of Luck<br />
Jody <strong>Litvak</strong><br />
(213) 922-1240<br />
<strong>Litvak</strong>J@metro.net
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